On Friday August 12, 2016 Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a statewide state of emergency in response to heavy ongoing rains.

In just a 12 hour window, the equivalent of roughly three months’ worth of rainfall during a typical hurricane season poured down in Kentwood, Louisiana.

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As of August 14, 3 people have been declared dead, more than 7,000 have been rescued, 5,000 more are in shelters, and drivers in Lousiana are still stranded on interstate.

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This is one of many catastrophic natural events occurring in tandem with the ever-increasing rise in global warming.